Journey To The West

Journey To The West Podcast

Asian women discuss lifestyle, social issues and feminism of Asian diaspora in the Anglosphere.

  • 59 minutes 17 seconds
    September News Wrap Up + Updates

    We return after our hiatus to touch base on some updates regarding our content and do a news wrap up about recent events including the comedian Shane Gillis racist comments, Crazy Rich Asians writer Adele Lim pay disparity, Alaskan Airlines yellow peril and Chanel Miller reveals herself as the sexual assault survivor of Brock Turner.
    Diana's article: https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2019/08/yang-song-and-long-history-targeting-asian-american-sex-workers
    Amanda Nguyen's organisation: https://www.risenow.us/

    19 September 2019, 2:04 pm
  • 34 minutes 53 seconds
    White Freeze 2.0

    We return to talk about White Freeze again but this time we expand upon the real life implications including finding housing and mental health.

    22 May 2019, 1:00 pm
  • 50 minutes 27 seconds
    Decolonial Love: Swipe Left On Internalized Racism

    We unpack "A Very Offensive Rom-Com", an episode of NPR's Invisibilia podcast with special guest, Maka (@_fakeMT).

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     "A Very Offensive Rom-Com" (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2019/04/04/709948132/a-very-offensive-rom-com  

    Breaking the ‘girl code’ and internalized racism (Vi Nguyen): https://www.aprilmag.com/2018/10/10/breaking-the-girl-code-and-internalized-racism/  

    White Sexual Imperialism: A Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence (Sunny Woan): https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/crsj/vol14/iss2/5/ 

    16 April 2019, 12:29 pm
  • 36 minutes 54 seconds
    Orientalism

    We expand upon Orientalism as not just a series of racist stereotypes but a structural arm of white supremacy. This includes feminisation of Asia through colonialism and mass media.


    Sources:

    I’m A Filipina USC Graduate — Stop Associating Students of Color with the College Bribery Scam (Medium): https://link.medium.com/MwQiEssOpV


    Joe Wong Wants Asian American to Speak Up (Plan A): https://planamag.com/joe-wong-wants-asian-america-to-speak-up-7567adc19db4


    Performance Review Gender Bias (Fortune): http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/performance-review-gender-bias/

    10 April 2019, 3:00 am
  • 31 minutes 46 seconds
    Women's History Month

    We talk about Asian role models for WHM and some current world events.

    https://www.aprilmag.com/2018/04/11/ruby-ibarras-us-empowers-pinays-around-the-world/ 

    20 March 2019, 10:17 am
  • 47 minutes 7 seconds
    Sexual Exploitation

    We sit down and talk about racist oriental-themed restaurants and white sexual imperialism of Asian women.

    Sources:
    https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/sex-industry-military-bases-213311  
    https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/confronting-koreas-censored-discourse-on-comfort-women/ 

    5 March 2019, 9:41 am
  • 33 minutes 3 seconds
    "Tribalism"

    On topical news, we talk about Yuja Wang and the Igudesman Joo duo's show The Clone and the difference between satire and just terrible racist jokes. Additionally we touch on how some have adopted dog whistles of "tribalism".

    NYT Article on The Clone: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/arts/music/yuja-wang-igudesman-joo-carnegie-hall.html
    Joe Wong on the Late Show: https://youtu.be/36v9GSOFMFc 

    18 February 2019, 2:51 pm
  • 40 minutes 48 seconds
    Racism and Power

    We give some updates on the Hammer Attack Murders, mention Vinh Vu's attack in San Francisco and elaborate more on the context of history of these racist attacks.

    Vinh Vu's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/vinhs-road-to-recovery

    6 February 2019, 3:02 pm
  • 37 minutes 56 seconds
    Aquaman & Hammer Attack Murders
    We discuss the pseudo-whitewashing of Ludi Lin's character, Murk, in Aquaman and the news about the Hammer Attack Murders in Chinese Buffet in Brooklyn which killed Fufai Pun and Kheong Ng-Thang and has left Tsz Mat Pung in critical condition.
    21 January 2019, 11:00 am
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